Lifestyle briefs -- Published March 27, 2013

The American Chronic Pain Association will meet from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Monday at Sutter Tracy Community Resource Center, 35 E. 10th St., Classroom C-1, Tracy. Enter from left side of building, off the parking lot.

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By The Record

Posted Mar. 27, 2013 at 12:01 AM

By The Record
Posted Mar. 27, 2013 at 12:01 AM

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The American Chronic Pain Association will meet from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Monday at Sutter Tracy Community Resource Center, 35 E. 10th St., Classroom C-1, Tracy. Enter from left side of building, off the parking lot.

Information: (209) 833-3330.

The Department of Religious and Classical Studies and Phi Beta Kappa of University of the Pacific is sponsoring a lecture by John Morehead on pop culture and religion at 6 p.m. Monday in Wendell Phillips Center, room 140, at the university.

The topic of the lecture is "Mythic Re-enchantment, Hyper-real Religions and Matrixism." Morehead is an author and scholar of religion and popular culture.

Refreshments will be served. The event is free.

The Ladies Auxiliary to California Pioneers will host its 85th annual card party themed, "You Are My Sunshine" from 1 to 4 p.m. April 3 at The Haggin Museum, 1201 N. Pershing Ave., Stockton.

Guests can play any card game they choose. Dessert will be served along with coffee and tea.

Reservations are $12.50 per person or $50 per table. Make checks payable to LACP and send to Lynne Sandberg, P.O. Box 166, Linden, CA 95236.

Check-in is at 8 a.m., and shotgun start is at 9 a.m. The format is a four-person scramble.

A hot dog lunch will be served, and an awards banquet takes place following the tournament.

The entry fee is $100 per golfer, and includes green fee, golf cart, lunch and dinner, a drawing and more. Non-golfer guest meals are also available for $25. Sponsorships are also available.

Information: (209) 817-4966 or (209) 598-4051.

Hospice of San Joaquin Stockton Butterfly Auxiliary will hold its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. April 4 in the large conference room at the Hospice of San Joaquin office, 3888 Pacific Ave., Stockton.

The auxiliary will focus on finalizing all preparations for its annual Champagne & English Tea, which will take place at 1:30 p.m. April 6.

Information: (209) 922-0380.

Dr. Lee Christianson of University of the Pacific will speak about mammals native to the Central Valley from 7 to 8 p.m. April 5 at the Nature Center building at Oak Grove Regional Park, 4520 W. Eight Mile Road, Stockton. Christianson will cover a variety of animals, including the grizzly bear and tule elk, as well as mammals native to Oak Grove Regional Park.

The event is free and open to the public. There is a regional park entrance fee of $5 per vehicle.